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Q&A on incentives for positive behavior in DOC facilities
2:49:38
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Council Member Stevens inquires about the Department of Correction's efforts to incentivize and reward positive behavior among staff and incarcerated individuals. The DOC representative, Chelsea Chard, explains their approach to staff recognition and promotion, as well as incentive-based programs for incarcerated people.
- DOC has staff recognition programs for both uniform and non-uniform staff
- Performance and training application are considered in staff promotions
- Programs for incarcerated individuals, especially young adults, are structured with incentives
- Specific housing areas are designated for those participating in programs like education
Althea V. Stevens
2:49:38
So this question is for DOC, what steps are you taking to incentivize and reward positive behavior by staff and incarcerated people alike?
2:49:48
Is there a process by which staff are recognized and rewarded for helpful initiatives to de escalate and leadership and are such efforts taken into account in promoting and specializing in post decision and what about the incentives for incarcerated people?
Chelsea Chard
2:50:07
Thank you.
2:50:08
So you may hear me say this a few times, I'm not super closely involved in
Tiffany Cabán
2:50:12
like the staffing work, but
Chelsea Chard
2:50:13
I do know that just generally speaking we of course have staff recognition programs for our staff both uniform and non uniform.
2:50:21
And I'm not intimately familiar with the awarded post process so I can certainly take that back to folks and follow-up with more information on that.
2:50:29
But I do know that in terms of when we're looking to promote staff, when we're looking to develop leaders within our organization, of course we're taking into account their performance and how they're performing on the job and how they've taken in the training that they already have and working within the facilities.
2:50:45
As for people in custody certainly we structure our programs to be incentive based particularly for our young adults.
2:50:53
But again I don't want to misspeak for my colleagues but that is always part of what we are thinking about when we're developing programs.
2:50:59
When we're developing you know we have certain housing structures that are for particular individuals that may want to take part in specific programs.
2:51:08
So if someone wants to go to school for example we have school housing areas and there are incentives built into that inclusive of just being around your peers to help encourage you to participate in those programs.
2:51:19
Those housing structures have been really successful and we're always looking to expand those and other programs we know are successful.
2:51:25
But it is part of foundationally what we consider when we're thinking of any of our programs to support people in successful reentry once they do reenter our communities.